Middle name to go with Marley (boy)

[LittleMissBliss]

DS IS ALREADY NAMED THIS so if this isn't to your taste please don't post to tell me, I'd rather live in a bubble where everyone LOVES the name as much as me .

Ok so ds born on Friday is called Marley, his surname begins with J and has two syllables.

We can't agree on a middle name, i'm happy for him not to have one as i don't and i haven't ever seen the lack of one as a great loss.

DP would like him to have one but hasn't actually got a name that he's really keen on.

So options

are

Marley Ray (think they flow well, but not keen on Ray as a stand alone name so not sure why i'd use it as a middle name)

Marley Joseph (dp's Grandad, but makes me think of Marley Joe~ slightly hill billyesk)

Marley Luther (My grandad, not sure if it's too close to Martin Luther...?)

Marley William (family name from dp's side, dp's middle name)

Marley James (this is my favourite but James is ds1's middle name, will i look bonkers giving both boys the same middle name? DP Is James)

Please feel free to suggest names, We would like to register him on Monday so need to decide either way asap

I wouldn't give two brothers the same middle name, personally.

I like Marley William best!

still baout 50/50

between James and William.

Oh i don't know.

I do quite like William but am still drawn to James.

Toss a coin then

Seriously - the middle name really doesn't matter that much. FWIW, I would go with William but either are fine.

Go and enjoy your new baby (and congratulations btw )

Out of the suggestions I like Joseph bet. Marleys a great name.

He's asleep, after keeping me up all last night feeding half hourly - 2 hourly
The MW weighed him today and he has gone past his birth weight already so at least it's not all in vain .

Think i may actually have to toss a coin lol.

I didn't mean you shouldn't be on here with a new baby or anything - just that it sounded a bit like you were getting stressed about it and you didn't need to be. Hope the feeding gets better soon - not looking forward to that bit again !

Tell your dh you're far too knackered to chose and therefore he needs to make the decision. At least then you can blame him later if you need to

Does DP have a middle name that goes?

i think you should give him a middle name as your ds1 has one.

i thought marley ray before i read it on your list.

marley joseph is cool and no one with shorten joseph as it's a middle name.

also like marley william and james.

don't think it's bonkers to have the same although if you have a ds3 you must be prepared to name him XXX james too so he doesn't feel left out!

Marley is a lovely name! I think Marley Ray flows really well.

I do like Marley James and his db will be able to talk about 'Marley and Me'

so what did you call him? only fair to tell us!